# Fractures at Leetonia Steel Erectors
> OSHA SIR `2016087197` · 8/4/2016 · RANDOLPH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Leetonia Steel Erectors
- **Location:** 1673 St. Rt. 44, RANDOLPH, OHIO, 44265
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up the third or fourth rung of a ladder when he fell to the ground and hit his head. He was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*